My composer friends James "Sarmad"
Brody & Franz Kamin died in a car crash on April 11, 2010. On December
21st of the same yr I was in Barrytown, NY, to interview people in that
area who'd known Franz for a long time & collaborated w/ him & published
him: Susan & George Quasha (Station Hill Press), Chuck Stein, Robert
Kelly, & John Beaulieu. John had known Franz since 1971 & had collaborated
w/ him on Fiascos & Synaesthetics Inc, amongst other things. I've been
working on a documentary about Franz called "Depot" & my vaudeoing
of John (wch was made as a part of "Depot") deserves to be presented
in its 'entirety' independent of its shortened & fragmented inclusion
in the finished doc. John's reminiscences about Franz reveal not only the
complexity of Kamin's personality & talents but also those of the friends
who deeply loved & appreciated him. While the tales that're told may
sometimes seem to paint a somewhat grim picture of Franz's personality,
in the end, I think & feel that it's Franz's creative genius & the
profound affection of his friends that ultimately shines thru. This edit
is a very rough cut & is rendered in lo-res to enable it to fit on YouTube
in one piece. - February 19, 2011 notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

[Some of the interviews I've conducted
have been audio recorded & transcribed for print. Others have been video
recorded & incorporated into a movie &/or been uploaded to my "onesownthoughts"
YouTube channel. It seems appropriate to make a link to these latter also
available through these "Interviewer" & "Interviewee"
webpages. Clicking on the interview title should link to the YouTube movie.
- August 23, 2014 note from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE]